Vardenafil in patients with erectile dysfunction: Achieving treatment optimization

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 604-609

  Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a   Elhilali, Mostafa ^b   Homering, Martin ^c   Taylor, Terry ^d   Gittleman, Marc ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^d BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^e South Florida Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Cumulative probability; Drug therapy; Impotence; Phosphodiesterase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VARDENAFIL;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPEPSIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PENETRATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; COITUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 23844458869     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05026     Document Type: Article

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